The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1887-05-12
MINNESOTA NEWS.


Minnesota ninins interests.
| Secretary OF State Mattson has received
n letter from the editor Of the New York
World asking for information relative to
the mining interests Of Minnesota. In his
reply the secretary says:
1t Is only quite recently that attention
has been paid to the Subject OF mining in
Minnesota but the field promises to
be worry rich and important. The
records in this Office show that
new companies are being incorporated nj.
most every day for the Vermillion range.
Only few, however. have as yet done
much developing. Still. the shipments Of
ore will DO this year nearly u hall million
tons. l visited the iron region last month
In company with the governor and other
officers, and was perfectly amazed at the
greatness and Importance Of this part OF
our resources. think it viii soon equal
in Importance our great wheat fields on
the prairies.
At Hastings. the saloon OF Owen McKen-
ma, Michael Hoffman, John Gorans and j..
p. Gegen have been closed the proprietors
deciding not to pay thegovernmentl license.
The Otter Tail Touring mill, at Fergus
Falls, capacity 200 barrels, has just be-
gun grinding wheat. This mill was built,
and is owned and operated by Fergus
| Falls citizens. The cost was $50, 900.
| The congregation OF st. Johns (Episco.
| pail church Mankato has decided to erect
the coming season, q rectory on the grounds
belonging to the church. The structure
will cost about 81, 500.
| Frank Schultz q single man thirty-f
years of age living in the Town OF Farm
| ing, Stearns Co., committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head with shot
gun. He was farm hand, and no cause
| Is known for the act.
| Garrett Dewinkel was taken to Saltwater
from Lyon county on a nine-years SEN
tence for killing Jerome Swift.
At Mortified the dwelling house OF Mrs.
| Thorson, near the Bingham house, was near
ly destroyed by fire.
| s. j. Truax OF Hastings, returned from
Rock Island, having secured S25. 900
contract 81 government work on the river
ut Gutenberg, Glen Haven and Cassyille,
near Dubuque.
| second time within four years is
Brainerd's leading hotel wiped out the
| Willard being burned last Wednesday
morning May 4th between 4 and 5 o'clock.
| 1t was SO early, and the fire which
appeared in the kitchen portion
spread SO RI pidly that life was saved only
with the utmost care and energy. The
last proprietor w. w. Hartley, was just
closing lease, and about to renew it.
There was only So, 900 on the furniture
and fixtures, but $25, 900 on the building.
| Hon. Frank B. Kellogg. the attorney for
Plainview in the famous railroad bond
| suit just won in the supreme court, was
given reception and a banquet in that
| town.
| A new daily paper is to be started at
Brainerd, to be called the Daily News.
| 1t will be under the management OF A..
Dewey OF that place. Mr.. Dewey will be
remembered by many rs the engrossing
clerk in the senate during the recent
session OF the late legislature.
| The railroad commissioners decided tina
they will not interfere with the milling in
transit rates unless complaint is made
supported by a hearing.
! Mr.. J. j. Hill has voluntarily informed
the directors OF the Young Mems Christian
association OF st. Paul that he will contrib
ute $1O,O 900 toward their building fund,
| So. 900 payable on purchase OF lot, and
/ 50, 900 when ready to build. This, with
! the subscriptions OF Mr.. Wann, IS, 900; D..
D. Merrill. $4,000; Z. C. Jefferson. S. 900.
4 together with those OF Messrs, Cochran,
4 BUSHNELL Noyes, Suvdam and others,
4 makes total voluntary subscription OF
/ over S35. 900. 1t is the intention OF the
| directors to raise at least $500, 900.
Rev. E. L. Thomas was consecrated at
| st. Paul on the 4th as Assistant Bishop OF
Kansas. There was a large attendance
| of Episcopal clergy. including Bishop H. b.
| op Truttle OF Missouri Bishop D. b.
Knickerboker of Indiana; Bishop J. H.
| Brown oil Fond du Lac; Bishnp I. II. Vale
| oil Kansas. The conservation sermon was
preached by Bishop Whipple. who took for
| his text the sixteeth verse OF the fifteenth
/ chapter OF J ohm beginning: ''Ye have not
| chosen me, but have chosen yen and or
dained you that You should 20 and bring
forth fruit" Tho aged prelate delivered q
powerful address.
John Brutz OF Cold Spring Stearns
| Co, who was thrown out OF his wagon and
had his skull fractured has died.
At Sank Centre, Calvin +. Howe, well
| known throughout Central Minnesota as a
heavy operator in real estate. died OF
paralysis. aged sixty-three. He had been
in active business for twenty years in real
i estate.
The Franklin State. Bank OF Minneapolis
has been incorporated. Capital stock,
$50, 600.
Sunday, the LIST inst, the Pioneer Press OF
| st. Paul contained 40 pages-or $50 col.
umns OF matter-193 columns Of which
4 was business advertising mostly Of real
estate-showing that the ':boom" Of that
commodity has taken monstrous proper
| tions.
Chicago Journal: DR.. G. N. Hewitt OF
Red Wing, secretary Qi the Minnesota
board OF health. has taken q correct atti.
pneumonia ring. They tried to get foot
hold In that state, and undertook to es-
tablsh there such panic as that by which
they have made SO MANY dupes and caused
| 40 much injury to the cattle industry in
| Illinois. DR.. Hewitt informed the veteri.
nary sharps that there is not case Of
pleuro- pneumonia in the state," and that
reports which were circulated Tor the pur-
pose OF creating q scare were absolutely
unfouuded.
| At st. Paul. T. F. Cakes. Of tie N. p.
railroad. sold his place on Summit avenue
for S125,OOO He paid 100000 for it
less than two years ago.
At Duluth the damage by last Sunday
nights storm bids fair to foot up to from
$50, OO0t to $40, 900, and may reach $780,
900. Superior, Second, Fourth and Bench
streets, and hall doyen avenues are all
toFn up, and If win take great outlay to
4 put them in repair. There were probably
nearly one hundred atores and houses
more or less flooded.
Little Falls Special Hercules Heude, q
brotter Of Leon Heude of this city, arrived
here from Turtle Mountain, went to tho
Little Falls house, and in ten minutes died
Of heart disease. He was fifty years old
and leaves family at Winnipeg where his
remains viii be cent:
i The family law quit in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Thonlas Moulton al Denver figure an
plaintiffs mnd Isaac Moultun Of La Crosse
i as dele ndant. having been tried one day il
court, was satisfactorily and ainicably set
tod.
A severe hail and wind storm paused
over lewiston. at 8 o. clock en- the first oI
May, unrooting buildings and breaking
Il many windows. The largo stock barn 81
r. Hleike was moved from It's foundation
and badly wrecked.
i The 1--WE yenr-old son Of Mrs. Reed val
4 drowned Ia the Red river at Fergus Falls.
At Shakvpce John Shereg dropped dead
in the street while on his WY 10 the depot,
Cause, heart disease. He wNs seventy
4 years old and the father al Iansa. aherer
! prnpfietoe qIthe Shall apee house. 81. Paul
4 Anrih 162T, although much colder thar
iii i san, was neNrly ono degree wnrmcl
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